| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| GEICO 400 | Chicagoland Speedway | |||||||||
| September 19, 2011| Race 27 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 143.306 mph | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.941 | Time of Race: 02:47:41 | ||||||||
| Lead Changes: 22 | |||||||||
| Cautions: 32-35, 72-75, 146-150, 165-168, 205-208, 214-217 | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | Winnings |
| 1 | 26 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 47/4 | 267 | Running | $332,308 |
| 2 | 30 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 42/0 | 267 | Running | $252,861 |
| 3 | 19 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 41/0 | 267 | Running | $175,950 |
| 4 | 5 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 41/1 | 267 | Running | $186,891 |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 40/1 | 267 | Running | $146,983 |
| 6 | 3 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 40/2 | 267 | Running | $161,750 |
| 7 | 21 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 37/0 | 267 | Running | $150,008 |
| 8 | 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army Medicine | 37/1 | 267 | Running | $142,675 |
| 9 | 25 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 35/0 | 267 | Running | $110,600 |
| 10 | 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 35/1 | 267 | Running | $155,811 |
| 11 | 15 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS "We Love Logistics" | 33/0 | 267 | Running | $107,850 |
| 12 | 24 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 32/0 | 267 | Running | $120,833 |
| 13 | 8 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 31/0 | 267 | Running | $122,289 |
| 14 | 16 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 30/0 | 267 | Running | $132,383 |
| 15 | 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 29/0 | 267 | Running | $102,975 |
| 16 | 10 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 28/0 | 267 | Running | $100,900 |
| 17 | 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 27/0 | 267 | Running | $118,445 |
| 18 | 20 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 27/1 | 267 | Running | $99,400 |
| 19 | 17 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Dewalt | 25/0 | 267 | Running | $120,691 |
| 20 | 2 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Zecol / Menards | 24/0 | 267 | Running | $98,500 |
| 21 | 1 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 24/1 | 266 | Running | $133,061 |
| 22 | 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Wrigley's Doublemint | 23/1 | 266 | Running | $133,141 |
| 23 | 28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 0 | 266 | Running | $88,925 |
| 24 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 20/0 | 265 | Running | $124,211 |
| 25 | 42 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Ford | Street King | 0 | 265 | Running | $101,608 |
| 26 | 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M Filtrete | 18/0 | 265 | Running | $100,850 |
| 27 | 18 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Best Buy | 17/0 | 265 | Running | $122,186 |
| 28 | 40 | 71 | Andy Lally * | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 16/0 | 265 | Running | $95,150 |
| 29 | 41 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 15/0 | 265 | Running | $83,950 |
| 30 | 31 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit | 0 | 264 | Running | $94,358 |
| 31 | 27 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 13/0 | 264 | Running | $129,025 |
| 32 | 29 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums | 12/0 | 263 | Running | $108,708 |
| 33 | 39 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Big Red | 11/0 | 263 | Running | $91,097 |
| 34 | 32 | 38 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Long John Silver's | 11/1 | 263 | Running | $80,400 |
| 35 | 35 | 46 | Scott Speed | Ford | Red Line Oil / International Trucks | 0 | 260 | Running | $80,175 |
| 36 | 38 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 8/0 | 259 | Running | $79,975 |
| 37 | 11 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox | 7/0 | 236 | Running | $106,095 |
| 38 | 14 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 6/0 | 163 | Engine | $118,139 |
| 39 | 37 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy / Mapei | 5/0 | 77 | Vibration | $79,325 |
| 40 | 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 0 | 45 | Electrical | $79,080 |
| 41 | 34 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 3/0 | 44 | Vibration | $78,805 |
| 42 | 43 | 37 | Josh Wise | Ford | Bradley University | 0 | 41 | Brakes | $78,635 |
| 43 | 33 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | James Fund | 1/0 | 25 | Brakes | $78,907 |
| * Denotes Rookie | |||||||||